lisa brawley
@lisabrawley.bsky.social
undisciplined urbanist teaching critical urban studies at small college not far from the hudson river.
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“Our task is to build a wide and deep movement, as spiritual as it is political, strong enough to stop these unhinged traitors. A movement rooted in a steadfast commitment to one another, across our many differences and divides, and to this miraculous, singular planet.”
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Our task is to build a wide and deep movement, as spiritual as it is political, strong enough to stop these unhinged traitors. A movement rooted in a steadfast commitment to one another, across our many differences and divides, and to this miraculous, singular planet.”
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In other news: I wrote about the space Richard Serra takes up.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Man About Town | Mariana Mogilevich
Perceptive critics noted early on that Serra’s sculpture only made sense in relation to its time and place and gave meaning only to those specific conditions against which it unfolded. Serra insisted ...
www.nplusonemag.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In other news: I wrote about the space Richard Serra takes up.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Perhaps this "chilling effect on speech" is the entire point, and their stated opposition to antisemitism is a cynical and flimsy pretext.
Maybe the media should point out what is actually happening instead of doing court stenography.
Maybe the media should point out what is actually happening instead of doing court stenography.
On campuses nationwide, many students are saying that the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on antisemitism have caused a chilling effect on speech and political activity. By @elenamoore.bsky.social
For some students who protested war in Gaza, fear and silence is a new campus reality
On campuses nationwide, many students are saying that the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on antisemitism have caused a chilling effect on speech and political activity.
www.npr.org
April 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Perhaps this "chilling effect on speech" is the entire point, and their stated opposition to antisemitism is a cynical and flimsy pretext.
Maybe the media should point out what is actually happening instead of doing court stenography.
Maybe the media should point out what is actually happening instead of doing court stenography.
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"20 Hudson Yards, a mall for the ultra-wealthy[,] received a total of $78M in city property tax breaks from 2020... At the same time, the Tax Commission has awarded ✂️ in the property’s assessed value that total $467M[, worth abt] $50M in property tax. Even then, the mall’s owners weren’t satisfied"
Big Tax Breaks Get Bigger as Mega-Developers Challenge Assessments
Properties in Hudson Yards and Times Square are among the buildings that win millions of dollars in tax appeals even after getting up-front tax reductions — a maneuver New York allows that some other ...
www.thecity.nyc
April 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"20 Hudson Yards, a mall for the ultra-wealthy[,] received a total of $78M in city property tax breaks from 2020... At the same time, the Tax Commission has awarded ✂️ in the property’s assessed value that total $467M[, worth abt] $50M in property tax. Even then, the mall’s owners weren’t satisfied"
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Re-upping: Providers like EBSCO, ProQuest + Sage… are “implementing ‘local controls’ on databases, particularly re: health + race. ‘Under even the smallest of threats, the co’s have provided the tools… that apply the content blocking on these systems”
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
"The Mississippi Library Commission ordered the deletion of two research collections that might violate state law, a memo obtained by Mississippi Today shows.
"One of the now deleted collections focused on 'race relations' and the other on 'gender studies'...”
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
"One of the now deleted collections focused on 'race relations' and the other on 'gender studies'...”
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
mississippitoday.org
April 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Re-upping: Providers like EBSCO, ProQuest + Sage… are “implementing ‘local controls’ on databases, particularly re: health + race. ‘Under even the smallest of threats, the co’s have provided the tools… that apply the content blocking on these systems”
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Everyday I think about the fact that iceland jailed the people responsible for their financial crisis
April 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Everyday I think about the fact that iceland jailed the people responsible for their financial crisis
"No flood, no river.”
Fantastic piece about the late prof James C Scott and the Art of Resistance by @pasenatorsaval.com in the recent @newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Fantastic piece about the late prof James C Scott and the Art of Resistance by @pasenatorsaval.com in the recent @newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
James C. Scott and the Art of Resistance
The late political scientist enjoined readers to look for opposition to authoritarian states not in revolutionary vanguards but in acts of quiet disobedience.
www.newyorker.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"No flood, no river.”
Fantastic piece about the late prof James C Scott and the Art of Resistance by @pasenatorsaval.com in the recent @newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Fantastic piece about the late prof James C Scott and the Art of Resistance by @pasenatorsaval.com in the recent @newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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US homes are at the center of a struggle between ideologies of ownership and self-sufficiency and visions of collective stewardship of a common resource. How can we keep housing a public good and a human right? @jonathantarleton.bsky.social @city.bsky.social
Home Valuation - Urban Omnibus
New stories from Mitchell-Lama co-ops and the LA Tenants Union narrate the housing crisis as a struggle for control, and over the true meaning of a home.
buff.ly
March 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
US homes are at the center of a struggle between ideologies of ownership and self-sufficiency and visions of collective stewardship of a common resource. How can we keep housing a public good and a human right? @jonathantarleton.bsky.social @city.bsky.social
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The media can (and should) reject the Right's deceptive frame. This is not about "references to diversity, equity, and inclusion."
It is a neosegregationist attempt to erase everyone but white males from the nation's history.
It is a neosegregationist attempt to erase everyone but white males from the nation's history.
Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The media can (and should) reject the Right's deceptive frame. This is not about "references to diversity, equity, and inclusion."
It is a neosegregationist attempt to erase everyone but white males from the nation's history.
It is a neosegregationist attempt to erase everyone but white males from the nation's history.
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NEWS: After an emergency meeting of Indivisible groups across the country, Indivisible is officially calling on Senate Minority Leader Schumer to step down from his leadership position. indivisible.org/statements/i...
Indivisible Calls on Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
March 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
NEWS: After an emergency meeting of Indivisible groups across the country, Indivisible is officially calling on Senate Minority Leader Schumer to step down from his leadership position. indivisible.org/statements/i...
Amid the rage and heartbreak, this beautiful, astonishing piece by Anne Carson…
“Parkinson’s disease is always now. Or maybe we could say, the disease reminds us that life is now.”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... @lrb.co.uk
“Parkinson’s disease is always now. Or maybe we could say, the disease reminds us that life is now.”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... @lrb.co.uk
Anne Carson · Beware the man whose handwriting sways like a reed in the wind
This is an essay about hands and handwriting. I think of handwriting as a way to organise thought into shapes. I like...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Amid the rage and heartbreak, this beautiful, astonishing piece by Anne Carson…
“Parkinson’s disease is always now. Or maybe we could say, the disease reminds us that life is now.”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... @lrb.co.uk
“Parkinson’s disease is always now. Or maybe we could say, the disease reminds us that life is now.”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... @lrb.co.uk
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We condemn in the strongest possible terms any university that would sacrifice its own students to the demands of an authoritarian government.
This is absolute cowardice & capitulation to an administration hellbent on the destruction of American higher education.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...
This is absolute cowardice & capitulation to an administration hellbent on the destruction of American higher education.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...
Columbia Disciplines Students Who Occupied Campus Building Last Year
Sanctions for the Hamilton Hall occupation include expulsions and suspensions.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
We condemn in the strongest possible terms any university that would sacrifice its own students to the demands of an authoritarian government.
This is absolute cowardice & capitulation to an administration hellbent on the destruction of American higher education.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...
This is absolute cowardice & capitulation to an administration hellbent on the destruction of American higher education.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...
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even if you don't like the idea of the state on principle you will really not like what's left of it after the right hacks at it
www.bostonreview.net/product/what...
www.bostonreview.net/product/what...
March 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
even if you don't like the idea of the state on principle you will really not like what's left of it after the right hacks at it
www.bostonreview.net/product/what...
www.bostonreview.net/product/what...
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The Trump administration wants to tamp down on dissent and protest from universities and headlines like this allow it to maintain the claim that it’s about anti-semitism
The Trump administration is threatening to cut tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for Columbia University, making the school the first major target in its effort to root out what it considers antisemitic harassment on college campuses.
Trump Threatens Columbia With Millions in Cuts Over Antisemitism Claims
The university, the administration’s first big target in a campaign to root out what it called harassment on campus, could lose more than $50 million in funding.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Trump administration wants to tamp down on dissent and protest from universities and headlines like this allow it to maintain the claim that it’s about anti-semitism
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ICYMI, earlier this week, I spoke with @melissagiragrant.com @newrepublic.com about organizing against the horrors and refusing to buckle in the face of authoritarianism.
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Some Institutions Caved to Trump. Their Employees Are Fighting Back.
"Do not obey in advance" was the slogan going into the first Trump administration. Some universities and hospitals seem to be struggling with that advice.
newrepublic.com
February 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ICYMI, earlier this week, I spoke with @melissagiragrant.com @newrepublic.com about organizing against the horrors and refusing to buckle in the face of authoritarianism.
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
newrepublic.com/article/1917...